NihilCredo comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 4 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NihilCredo 11 October 2010 12:13:04AM *  3 points [-]

How much intelligence does it take to know when something weird is going to happen?

About as much as it takes to detect a sudden involuntary contraption of the throat muscles, combined with a jolt of various hormones and a few other such symptoms.

So, probably not much more than a polygraph. Plus whatever intelligence may or may not be required to look into the future.